Pre Season Trials

[Simon]

The new World Club Cricket has been launched today, with Round 1 set to take place next week pre season trials have begun, today will see rounds 1 and 2 and tomorrow 3 and 4 with the official draws for the season proper being arranged on Wednesday.

Teams will have eight pre season games, four in each form, for the first two rounds "first XI" teams will be used, while random sides will be picked by the sim for the third and fourth matches. These matches will heavily, but not totally, influence which division your side will be in this season.

Pre Season Draw is as follows

Round 1
Auckland vs Victoria
Tasmania vs Queensland
Cobras vs Kent
Yorkshire vs Karachi
Western Australia vs North Zone India
Kandurata vs South Australia
South Zone India vs Titans
Warwickshire vs New South Wales

Round 2
Auckland vs Tasmania
Cobras vs Victoria
Yorkshire vs Queensland
Western Australia vs Kent
Kandurata vs Karachi
South Zone India vs North Zone India
Warwickshire vs South Australia
New South Wales vs Titans

Round 3
Auckland vs Cobras
Yorkshire vs Tasmania
Western Australia vs Victoria
Kandurata vs Queensland
South Zone India vs Kent
Warwickshire vs Karachi
New South Wales vs North Zone India
Titans vs South Australia

Round 4
Auckland vs Yorkshire
Western Australia vs Cobras
Kandurata vs Tasmania
South Zone India vs Victoria
Warwickshire vs Queensland
New South Wales vs Kent
Titans vs Karachi
South Australia vs North Zone India

 

[Matteh]

(y)

 

[Simon]

First two rounds of the First Class Trials here, only three sides managed to win both of their matches.

 

[Matteh]

Couldn't bat in the first and should've finished that second one off.

 

[Simon]

again only three sides managed to pick up two wins here...

 

[Matteh]

Jeffrey looks like a beast in OD.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Pretty damn happy with 3/4, though slightly dissapointed we didn't win the 2nd OD as we had it in the bag.

 

[Raghav]

Pretty good test wins there for my team 2/2

But disappointed about those two ODI losses

 

[Simon]

Pretty good test wins there for my team 2/2

But disappointed about those two ODI losses

tbh I thought your team would be the other way around, pretty solid in OD but a fair way off the pace in FC.

 

[chaminda_00]

Alwis opening the bowling in FC, please explain? Pretty sure he was listed specifically at 11 in the bowling orders.

 

[new_age_ar]

Decent to very good performances there.

 

[alternative]

Simon any chance you can post those both scorecards for SouthAustralia as single notepad files here instead of the zip files. As i can't seem to access them from work and i have no net access at home for the time being.

 

[Simon]

Alwis opening the bowling in FC, please explain? Pretty sure he was listed specifically at 11 in the bowling orders.

he's listed as bowler "0" tbh, i'll change it to 11

 

[mikeW]

Pretty disapointed in Tasmania's efforts tbh.

 

[Raghav]

tbh I thought your team would be the other way around, pretty solid in OD but a fair way off the pace in FC.

My first impression when the team was assigned to me , I thought my team would be the last of the lot without a win. Luckily, boys did well in the 1st round of trials

 

[bugssy]

nsw attack will be strong but batting will be an issue

2 / 4 in all forms, should have won the first fc game but good fight back from opposition. looks like it will be agood season.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Could be a really long OD season if Pietersen doesn't fire.

 

[Jamee999]

That's true in more than just WCC for people in England...

 

[Simon]

Well done to the five sides who managed to remain unbeaten in the First Class trials, although only one of these sides managed four out of four wins it looks a good season ahead.

These are the last two FC trials, remember these were played with random teams as picked by the sim.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Pretty good start for WA in the trials, batting looks to be the goods.